HCP -0530 Fall 2016 Found Child Development Test Chapter 1 Exam

CourseHCP -0530 Fall 2016 Found Child Development
Test Chapter 1 Exam

• Question 1
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During which period of development do thought and language expand at an astounding pace?

Answers:
early childhood
middle childhood
infancy
toddlerhood

• Question 2
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Which of the following theories assumes stages to be universal?

Answers: behaviorism
the psychoanalytic perspective
social learning theory
ecological systems theory

• Question 3
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In his research, Professor Geragos has found that in industrialized nations, the transition to adult roles has become increasingly prolonged. This period of development is called

Answers:
emerging adulthood.
advanced adolescence.
Generation X.
delayed adulthood.

• Question 4
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According to the __________ view of development, the difference between the immature and the mature being is simply one of amount or complexity.
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continuous
nurture
nature
discontinuous

• Question 5
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__________ brings together researchers from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and medicine to study the relationship between changes in the brain and the developing child's cognitive processing and behavior patterns.

Answers: Ecological systems theory
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
Evolutionary developmental psychology
Cognitive-developmental theory

• Question 6
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A child born into a !Kung family in Botswana, Africa, is likely to

Answers: be encouraged by adults to play with twigs and stones.
be encouraged by adults to exchange objects with others.
have numerous toys carved from trees.
receive little training in social skills until age 5.

• Question 7
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Children who __________ tend to be more resilient.

Answers: have difficulty inhibiting negative impulses
grow up with siblings

are easygoing and sociable
attend private schools

• Question 8
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Professor Santiago regards child development as a discontinuous process. Professor Santiago's belief is consistent with

social learning theory.
ethology.
cognitive-developmental theory.

• Question 9
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Dr. Tu's flowchart tracks the steps children use to enter an ongoing play group. Dr. Tu is using the __________ approach.

Answers:
information-processing
cognitive-developmental
psychoanalytic
behavior modification

• Question 10
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The field of child development is interdisciplinary because

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it has grown through the combined efforts of people from many fields.
it is motivated largely by theoretical questions.
it deals mostly with applied concerns.
studies are carried out mainly by psychologists.

• Question 11
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According to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory,

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as the brain develops and children's experiences expand, they move through four stages, each with its own distinct way of thinking.
the human mind is analogous to a symbol-manipulating system through which information flows.
the frequency of a particular behavior can be increased by following it with a reinforcer.
social interaction between children and more knowledgeable members of society leads to more advanced ways of thinking.

• Question 12
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Laws that recognized that children needed protection from people who might mistreat them emerged during

Answers: the Enlightenment.
medieval times.
the Reformation.
the twentieth century.

• Question 13
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An organized family life

Answers: is not possible today because parents and children have too little time together.
yields a structured home that can interfere with exploration and healthy development.
provides a supportive context for warm, involved parent child interaction, which is essential to children's well-being.
is limited to two-parent families with economic advantages.

• Question 14
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__________'s philosophy characterizes children as doing little to influence their own

Answers: Arnold Gesell
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
James Mark Baldwin

• Question 15
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Of the Western nations, __________ has the highest percentage of extremely poor children.

Answers: Germany
the United Kingdom
Canada
the United States

• Question 16
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In collectivist societies,

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people stress group goals over individual goals.
people are largely concerned with personal needs.
a high priority is placed on the privacy of family life.
people give equal priority to group and individual goals.

• Question 17
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Development is often divided into which three broad domains?

Answers:
physical, cognitive, and emotional and social
social, cognitive, and spiritual
cognitive, spiritual, and physical
psychological, sociological, and ecological

• Question 18
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Which of the following statements is true about the stability view of development?

Answers: Theorists who emphasize stability believe that children who are low in anxiety will outgrow that characteristic at later ages.
Theorists who emphasize stability believe that children who are high in sociability will remain so at later ages.
Theorists who emphasize stability believe that development is open to change in response to influential experiences.
Theorists who emphasize stability hold a more optimistic view of development than those who emphasize plasticity.

• Question 19
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Gene's parents believe that their son's thoughts, emotions, and behavior differ considerably from those of adults. Gene's parents view development as
Answers: continuous.
discontinuous.
having many courses.
having one course.

• Question 20
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In Freud's __________ stage of development, the superego is formed and children feel guilty when they violate it.

Answers: latency
phallic
oral
anal

• Question 21
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The goal of TANF is to

Answers: guarantee governmental financial aid to all needy families.
encourage families to become self-sufficient.
promote the development of children in poverty.
raise the economic well-being of families with children, regardless of employment.

• Question 22
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American psychologist James Mark Baldwin